Baby-coach or go-cart.



Patented May l3, I902.

A. R. LAMPLUGH &. H. LEVI.

BABY COACH 0R GO-CART.

(Application filed Aug. 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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AUGUSTUS R. LAMPLUGH AND HARRY LEVI, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA, ASSIGNORS TO FANNIE BLOCH AND HARRY LEVI, COPARTNERS TRADING AS THE PHILADELPHIA BABY CARRIAGE FACTORY, OF PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BABY-COACH OR GO-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,882, dated May 13, 1902. Application filed August 2B,1901. Serial No. 73,558. (N model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS R. LAMP- LUGH and HARRY LEVI, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have inented a new and useful Improvement in Baby-Coaches or Go-Oarts, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of an improvement to in baby-coaches and go-carts,and relates more particularly to the construction of the tilting back thereof.

The invention further consists of the details of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a coach constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 represents a section thereof on line 00 cc, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 repzo resents a section taken on the line yy, Fig. 1. Fig. i represents a fragmentary View, partly in section and in elevation, illustrating the devices forlocking the swinging back. Figs. 5 and 6 represent sectional views of modified constructions embodying our invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the rear end portion of the seat-frame or body of 3c the coach, and B the tilting back to said seat, while at-the rear end portion of the frame A and at the bottom portion of the back B are devices for locking the back in any desired tilted position.

3 5 Heretofore, as far as we are informed, the devices for controlling the locking means have usually projected to the rear side of the back or have otherwise extended from the same and have formed undesirable projecting por- 4o tions which are not only in the way, but detract from the appearance of the coach. To overcome this objection, we have devised Yneans for operating the locking devices from the upper end of the back and without em- 5 ploying parts that project laterally from the back. No have shown locking devices for the purpose of illustrating our present invention, although it will be understood that other locking devices may be substituted Without departing from the spirit of our inventionthat is to say, that instead of the longitudinally-movable pins at the bottom of the back that are actuated by a rotatable spindle extending from the top of the back We can substitute other locking devices not necessarily operated by a rotatable part so long as the locking devices are situated at the lower end of the back and the operating devices extend therefrom to the upper end of the back in the same plane as the backs-for instance, like the spindle we have shown. In this Way the only part of the operating devices that projects is that extending above the top crosspiece of the back.

Wewill now describe in detail the construction which we have selected to illustrate our broad invention. Extending from the frame A are the side plates R, provided with a series of openings T to receive the pins M, extending through the openings N in the lower projections C of the outside dowel of the back. The inner ends of these pins are provided with racks L, suitably guided in a casing J, secured to the lower cross-piece D of the back. Situated within the casing J 7 and engaging the racks L is a gear K, rigidly secured to a rotatable spindle G, extending longitudinally through the center dowelE of the back. This spindle projects above the top cross-piece of the back'and is provided with a handle H. The spring Q, encircles the spindle G and is secured at its opposite ends to said spindle and to the lower cross-piece D of the back, being conveniently situated within the opening in said cross-piece D, 8 5 through which the spindle passes, said opening being made a little larger than the spindle for this purpose. This spring exerts'a tension upon the spindle G to rotate it in a direction to cause the pins M to move out- 0 wardly to enter the openings '1 in the plates R. It is understood, of course, that by rotating the spindle G in the opposite direction the pins are withdrawn, so that the back is free to tilt. The lower ends of the plates R 5 have projections S to limit the forward move:-

ment of the upper portion of the back, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a convenient coupling between the center dowel E and the top cross-piece, said coupling being designated by F. This coupling is also shown in Fig. 1 as connecting the lower end of the center dowel E and the cross-piece to which it is secured, while in Fig. 5 we have shown the center dowel E mortised into the upper crosspiece IT. It is apparent that this spindle G can extend through one of the other dowels so long as it is suitably connected with the locking devices, or, as shown in Fig. 6, said spindle need not extend through a dowel, but simply from the upper cross-piece V to the lower end of the back, as will be obvious.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we provide an operating-handle or finger-piece at the upper end of the back and locking devices at the lower end of the back that are operatively connected with this handle-or finger-piece bya connecting-piece that extends in the plane of the back and which does not project laterally beyond the side thereof. This construction therefore does not mar the appearance of the back and does not form projections extending in any way therefrom, except the handle or finger-piece which extends above the upper cross-piece of the back, also in the plane thereof, and although for the purpose of illustrating the principle of our invention we have shown a rigid rotatable spindle, yet it is obvious the same could consist of aflexible strand to operate suitable locking devices by an upward pull, or it could be a longitudinallyinovable rod without departing from the spirit of our invention, which comprehends, broadly, as stated above, a connecting-piece that extends within the plane of the back without project ing beyond the sides thereof between an operating handle or finger-piece at the upper end and suitable locking devices at the lower end.

Although we have shown and described in this application a locking device for the tiltable back, we do not claim the details thereof herein, as the same are claimed in another application filed by us September 5, 1901, No.

74,356, for a baby-coach or go-cart.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a baby-coach or go-cart, a seat having a relatively tiltable back, locking devices at the lower end portion thereof, an operating handle or finger-piece at the upper end portion thereof, and a connecting-piece extending in the plane of the back from said handle or finger-piece to said locking devices.

2. In a baby-coach or go-cart, a seat havin g a relatively tiltable back, locking devices at the lower end portion thereof, an operating handle or finger-piece at the upper end portion thereof, and a connecting-piece extending in the plane of the back between said handle or finger-piece and said locking devices and entirely within the sides of said back.

3. In a baby-coach or go-cart, a seat havin g a relatively tiltable back, locking devices at the lower end portion thereof, an operating handle or finger-piece and a spindle connected with said handle or fingerpiece and said locking devices, said spindle extending in the plane of said back.

4. In a baby-coach or go-cart, a seat havin g a relatively tiltable back, locking devices at the lower end portion thereof, a rotatable spindle connected with said locking devices for operating the same, said spindle extending upwardly in the plane of the back to the upper end portion thereof and provided at its upper end with an operating handle or fin-' ger-piece.

5. In a baby-coach or go-cart, a tiltable back, locking devices at the lower end thereof, a spindle extending through one of the upright dowels of the back and connected with said locking devices for operating the same, 0 and a handle or finger-piece at the upper end of said spindle.

AUGUSTUS R. LAMPLUGH. HARRY LEVI.

Vitnesses:

HARRY COBB KENNEDY,- O. D. MOVAY. 

